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In his autobiography Testimony, the famous composer Dmitri Shostakovich explains why Stalin targeted William Shakespeare's Hamlet and how he did it.
It shares a common thread with the disappearance of art and the suppression of free expression today.
Hamlet is considered by some to be the single greatest story ever written.
Hamlet has it all: ghosts, sword fights, suicide, revenge, lust, murder, philosophy, faith, manipulation, and a climactic bloodbath worthy of a Tarantino film. It’s a masterpiece of both high art and sensationalism, the only play I’ve seen performed live three times.
Not everyone likes
Hamlet, of course. One of its detractors was Soviet premier Joseph Stalin.
Stalin’s hatred for the play has almost become a thing of legend, in part because it’s unclear precisely
In his autobiography
Testimony, the famous Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich suggests that Stalin saw the play as excessively dark and potentially subversive.